Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 73-131-196: Electro-Motive Division, Plant 1, General Motors Corporation: La Grange, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Bloom, Thomas F.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Evaluation of a diesel locomotive fabrication plant (SIC-3519) reveals that odors generated by bacterial breakdown of soluble oil used as a coolant are not toxic but may cause nausea. A potentially hazardous situation exists from the inhalation of dust from a polyester resin during removal of the dust by compressed air. Recommendations include eliminating the procedure for compressed air removal of dust. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Bacteria Dust Environmental Pollution Irritants Occupational Health Safety Skin Vehicle Emissions Ventilation Welding
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-control Bacteria Coolant, Dust Diesel-engines Dust-control Environmental-contamination Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-73-131-196 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Publication Odor OSHA Region 5 Polyester Resin Respiratory-irritants Skin-irritants Soluble Oil Spraying Synthetic-resins Welding

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE73131196
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; La Grange (IL) ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; Kramkowski, Richard S.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00039598
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-249376
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 73-131-196, 1975 May ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3519 - Internal combustion engines, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1285b42fd6da72ea7ae05ea107e3bdbb78fcaa3cc4b74f518245c89ccc4c4a31ec3194775b4a2f0800f725753884150dec5889e69108770afc91c85efc7167cb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174081/cdc_174081_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.55 MB ]